It is human temper to feel competitive and jealous toward sibling in childhood. According to Kight (2000), siblings have the possibility to develop unique and unusual relationships. The clashes between siblings can learn beneficial lessons in relations, listening, love, forgiveness, and resolve quarrels. From the moment when the second baby is born, sibling rivalry starts. The cause of sibling rivalry can be looked at through nature. Sibling rivalry is a nature part of growing up in families. When a new child appear at home where an older child lives, the older sibling may become jealous of the new baby and some problems occur. Maybe it happens because every child feels the fear that father and mother might love one child more. It is self-evident
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It comes as no surprise that competition between siblings happens very often. Each child feels rivalry because he combats for parents’ attention and compares himself to their siblings. In fact that sibling 's relationship includes love and hate, play and fight. Brennan (2016, February 16) argues that “children often see in each other as rival, who is competing for a same part of limited family resources like the bathroom, phone, toys, television or computers”. Moreover, children can fight whose turn to sweep the floor or who decides what movie on TV to watch. Older children particularly tend more to feel rivalry. Usually they push, bite, hit or tease younger child. In future it can be reason of bad relationship between adult siblings. Eventually, competition between brothers and sisters happens because parents spend not enough time with children and children do not feel their …show more content…
One of the reasons siblings resent each other is that they sense they are not getting fairly of parents ' time. It is common knowledge that deep in heart of every child hides the fear that adults might love one child more than other. Children at times feel that their parents favor one child over the others. It is important for kids to know that adults give them equal attention. According to journal "Positive parenting solutions" (2006), children need to have time with parents to sense that they are valued. Divide them out equally amongst each child, there are ways to show each child that they get equal time. We have every reason to believe that this solution help children to understand that their parents love each child
It comes as no surprise that competition between siblings happens very often. Each child feels rivalry because he combats for parents’ attention and compares himself to their siblings. In fact that sibling 's relationship includes love and hate, play and fight. Brennan (2016, February 16) argues that “children often see in each other as rival, who is competing for a same part of limited family resources like the bathroom, phone, toys, television or computers”. Moreover, children can fight whose turn to sweep the floor or who decides what movie on TV to watch. Older children particularly tend more to feel rivalry. Usually they push, bite, hit or tease younger child. In future it can be reason of bad relationship between adult siblings. Eventually, competition between brothers and sisters happens because parents spend not enough time with children and children do not feel their …show more content…
One of the reasons siblings resent each other is that they sense they are not getting fairly of parents ' time. It is common knowledge that deep in heart of every child hides the fear that adults might love one child more than other. Children at times feel that their parents favor one child over the others. It is important for kids to know that adults give them equal attention. According to journal "Positive parenting solutions" (2006), children need to have time with parents to sense that they are valued. Divide them out equally amongst each child, there are ways to show each child that they get equal time. We have every reason to believe that this solution help children to understand that their parents love each child